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5 Of The Most Expensive Foods In The World – And Where To Get Them

Rich people can afford to eat whatever the
heck they want. This can be considered an advantage. Okay,
it is an advantage, but it also results in a lot of weird stuff being
considered as food – and a lot of weird stuff costing a lot of money.

It’s been said that, as long as something
can be considered “posh” and given a convincingly wild backstory (or its rarity
can be stressed), there’s somebody out there that will pay through the nose for
it. Everything from hamburgers to chocolate has a hyper-expensive version.

5. The
Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence, £11,200

This strangely-named dessert is from Sri
Lanka, and can only be found at The Fortress’ Wine³ restaurant. It’s described as
“a gold leaf Italian cassata”, which is a traditional round sponge cake.

This particular cake is flavored with Irish
cream that’s been infused with fruit. A mango and pomegranate compote with a
Dom Perignon champagne sabayon make up the base of this dessert, and the
decorations that accompany this thing are handmade chocolate carvings of stilt
fishermen, which are common to the area. Oh, and this dish is decorated with an
80 carat Aquamarine stone

This pie is served with champagne and can
feed 8 people. The chef at the Fence Gate Inn in Lancashire claims this dish,
and also claims that this version of the traditional steak and mushroom pie
is much better and totally worth the cost.

3. The
Frrrozen Haute Chocolate Ice Cream Sundae, £19,350

How’s this for
decadent? Chocolate ice cream made up of a blend of 28 cocoas, decorated
with edible gold, served in a goblet that has even more edible gold
lining the bottom. Oh, and 14 of those cocoas are among the most expensive.

If you like getting a prize with your
dessert, this one has an 18 karat gold bracelet in the bottom, and that
bracelet has 1 carat of diamonds embedded in it.

Still not enough? Okay. You get to take
home the gold spoon you’ll be eating that sundae with, which also has
diamonds in it. Ta-freaking-da! Buy it at Serendipity 3 in New York
City.

2. Almas
Caviar, £26,700 for 2 lbs

This isn’t any ordinary caviar. Harvested
from rare albino beluga sturgeon, ‘Almas’ is an almost pearl white in color and
possesses a spongy texture.

The fish that this roe is harvested from
are between 60 and 100 years old, and can weigh upwards of 2,000 lbs.
They’re about as heavy as a Volkswagen Beetle, so it’s no wonder that it costs
£26,700 for just two pounds of this stuff.

It’s usually sold in a gold container, and
it’s easiest to procure in Iran since the country’s fisheries are in the good
books of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.

1. Fabergé
Chocolate Pudding, £26,700

For just $34,500 you could get
your hands on a very fancy chocolate pudding created by Marc Guibert, the head
chef of the Lindeth Howe Country House Hotel. You’d have to travel all the way
to Windermere, Cumbria, to get a taste, however.

Made of four varieties of Belgian chocolate
and flavored with peach, orange and whiskey, it also includes the requisite
edible gold leaf and some champagne caviar. There is an inedible
diamond on top of this dessert, and is served with highly-expensive Chateau
d’Yquem dessert wine. The pudding is served in an edible Fabergé egg.

So, not only are you getting the best of
the world of chocolate, you’re also enjoying an absolute masterpiece
of baking.